Expensive reader,
on the weekend has in Hamburg The techno competition Habitat occurred, which its organizers marketed as a “32-hour continuous rave”. It was invented in Itzehoe and has been based mostly in Wilhelmsburg since 2022, on the grounds of the Dockville Competition. We have not reported on it but, as a result of let’s not child ourselves: 32-hour continuous raves usually are not a part of our editorial staff’s core competence.
This 12 months, Habitat does not simply have an effect on the techno scene. As a result of this 12 months Sama’ Abdulhadi was booked, a musician who spoke in a method concerning the terrorist assault of Hamas on October 7, 2023, which sounds like approval to its critics (Z+). The brand new Hamburg anti-Semitism commissioner, Anna von Villiez, says that she initially requested the organizers privately to cancel the efficiency. They then printed a press release.
The Festival organizers write therethey “consciously determined to carry on” to the reserving, i.e. Abdulhadi’s efficiency. They’d invite totally different individuals and never share all of the opinions they expressed. By the way, Abdulhadi was not booked to make political statements, however moderately for an “creative, musical efficiency.” Anti-Semitic statements or statements glorifying violence usually are not permitted on the competition.
Query to the anti-Semitism commissioner: Can the lady be allowed to play techno so long as she does not give any political speeches? “It is an age-old dialogue whether or not you’ll be able to separate individuals from their artwork,” says Anna von Villiez. “On this case, I don’t assume that works. You solely have to observe one or two of her YouTube movies to know: Sama’ Abdulhadi sees her exercise as a DJ as her contribution to the political wrestle.«
Concerning the musician’s assertion that the terrorist assault on October seventh was about “resistance,” Anna von Villiez says: “I’m wondering why in a subcultural milieu like that of digital music there may be not the sensitivity to acknowledge that Abdulhadi can also be mocking the murdered and raped victims of the Nova Competition, who’re a part of the identical subculture.”
At this level we might have preferred to let you know how Sama’ Abdulhadi behaved on the Habitat Competition and the way her viewers felt concerning the controversy. However the competition was already offered out for the day of their look, and our requests for a press ticket have been rejected, as was our request to talk to these accountable.
Kopf & Steine GmbH, which is behind Habitat, has repeatedly acquired subsidies from the town in recent times. You are able to do that in Hamburg transparency portal comprehend. It is a sum within the tens of millions. Nevertheless, this clearly solely goes hand in hand with a willingness to publicly reply questions on what one does with this cash.
The corporate says it has “already answered all media inquiries” and is intentionally retaining the variety of journalists current on the competition “as little as doable.”
Have begin to the week,
Yours, Oskar Piegsa
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WHAT IS IMPORTANT TODAY
To any extent further, six weeks of building work will happen Restrictions on rail visitors in Hamburg. Deutsche Bahn introduced that long-distance, regional and S-Bahn visitors was affected by cancellations, diversions and alternative companies. The explanation for that is, amongst different issues, the brand new star bridge, which is being lifted into the rail community.
AfD members might quickly have issues when making use of for jobs within the public sector. As a result of the rule request to the Workplace for the Safety of the Structure begins in August (we reported, Z+). Though that’s the case AfD There is no such thing as a suspected case in Hamburg, says Torsten Voß, head of the State Workplace for the Safety of the Structure. Nevertheless, members from federal states wherein the celebration is assessed as positively right-wing extremist or as a suspected case are affected.
The general public ones Spending on care has elevated by round 58 p.c since 2022. Based on a Senate response to a query from Deniz Çelik (Left), Hamburg needed to spend nearly 327 million euros final 12 months as a result of increasingly individuals can not bear the excessive prices themselves. 12,640 individuals in want of care at the moment are depending on social help.
The inhabitants of our metropolis is rising:
There have been 409 extra births within the first half of 2026 than in the identical interval final 12 months. A complete of 11,103 youngsters have been born, the Senate reported. The hospital with essentially the most births was the Catholic St. Mary’s Hospital, the place 1,609 infants have been born.
From the police studies: At one A 15-year-old died in a swimming accident in Lake Allermöher in Bergedorf. And after a knife assault on an 18-year-old at a celebration in Langenhorn, a 17-year-old is in custody.
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“Montblanc!” she shouts, “Wow!”
Bid for what others have misplaced or left behind: Our writer Tom Kroll bid at an public sale for sailors’ baggage. Learn an excerpt from his report right here.
After all I hoped for the large story: wistful letters from a lover or yellowed photographs of my spouse and kids. I hoped to be taught one thing about somebody’s life – why else would I public sale off an deserted piece of baggage?
A number of weeks in the past I heard that 25 items of sailors’ baggage left behind in a Hamburg seamen’s residence have been going to be auctioned off for trigger. Suitcases and luggage that have been forgotten or left behind by helmsmen, sailors or engine crew on the seaman’s mission and have been there within the basement ever since.
I need to bid and name the Seemannsheim a couple of days earlier than the appointment. I ask an worker how a lot cash the ZEIT editorial staff must fork over for this stunt. “Take no less than 100 with you!” the person advises me. “You may even want extra,” he says. Who might know whether or not I might discover myself in a “bidding conflict”.
You may learn right here how a lot our writer has to pay ultimately and what he acquired in return: →
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On Wednesday there can be an after-work live performance within the Oberhafen. Beneath the title »Blue« the pianist Franck-Thomas Hyperlink performs the Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin and music by Busoni and Debussy.
“Blue”, July twenty second 6 p.m., Hall 424Stockmeyerstrasse 43, Gate 24
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Lately available on the market. On the oriental delicatessen stand, the girl in entrance of me asks for a light unfold that’s appropriate for youngsters. The saleswoman recommends the infant spinach unfold. She replies: “Oh no, the youngsters aren’t that small anymore.”
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